Post your Bird Portraits

Tom in Arizona wrote in post #19123928
Harris's Hawk...

Hosted photo: posted by Tom in Arizona in
./showthread.php?p=191​23928&i=i54479996
forum: Birds

nice detail in the wing feathers
great separation from the background

A Mallard hen.

Tom in Arizona wrote in post #19123928
Harris's Hawk...

Hosted photo: posted by Tom in Arizona in
./showthread.php?p=191​23928&i=i54479996
forum: Birds

Nice shot, Tom; don't think I've seen one of these before.

He gets one red feather, and becomes king of the feeder!

Meadowlark in harsh light
Boulder, CO

jimmy_racoon wrote in post #19123933
nice detail in the wing feathers
great separation from the background

Thanks Jimmy for the kind comments.

Tom

Snydremark wrote in post #19123962
Nice shot, Tom; don't think I've seen one of these before.

Hi Eric...thanks for the comment. Harris's Hawks are fairly common around the less developed areas of Scottsdale/Phoenix.

Tom

MatthewK wrote in post #19123918
Banging shot, background nice and smooth, perfect stage set for the star of the show Do your Fairy Wrens and other birds have breeding seasons where they put on their colorful plumage, and then go back to drab a few months later? I seem to recall your FWs over the past few weeks not being as colorful, but now the males are showing the brilliant blue.

Thanks Matthew. The backdrop is a wattle tree in a blaze of golden glory, so it's pure Tasmania
I'd not seen fully coloured males until a few weeks ago and some are still in various stages of change.
And the deep blue ones were very elusive but are more settled now.

Yes their plumage changes during breeding, but it's erratic, not always same and some retain full colour all year apparently.
I posted some images a while back and others added to the Fairy Wrens too
Plumage changes

Here's a ink if interested in research, with citizens participating in plumage changes etc of the Fairy Wrens
The Wren Project
It's worth a peak even just to see these Purple-crowned Fairywren Our Wrens are many and varied.

Our Yellow Wattlebird has wattles that increase in size when breeding, but main plumage colours is constant.
I think some wild ducks change but that's not my area.

Tom in Arizona wrote in post #19123928
Harris's Hawk...

That's a handsome Hawk.
Beautiful, rich colours and composition

mccamli wrote in post #19123885
Robin

Gorgeous. Lovely pose and excellent details

unreal wrote in post #19124048

A striking portrait.
Love the persona the bird conveys.
Beautiful feather details.

male Superb Fairy Wren

Lesser Goldfinch

great egret stalking the wetlands...

IMAGE LINK: https://flic.kr/p/2jFZ​63r

A Wigeon.

Blue jay on my deck.